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Bishop, Isabella Lucy (Bird)

(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Isabella Lucy (Bird), 1831–1904, English traveler and writer, first woman member of the Royal Geographical Society. She traveled extensively and wrote a number of books,…

Walt Whitman: Who Learns My Lesson Complete?

Who Learns My Lesson Complete?Who learns my lesson complete? Boss, journeyman, apprentice, churchman and atheist, The stupid and the wise thinker, parents and offspring, merchant, clerk,…

Spencer, Anna Garlin

(Encyclopedia) Spencer, Anna Garlin, 1851–1931, American educator, feminist, and Unitarian minister, b. Attleboro, Mass. She married the Rev. William H. Spencer in 1878. She was a leader in the woman…

Rankin, Jeannette

(Encyclopedia) Rankin, Jeannette, 1880–1973, American pacifist, b. Missoula, Mont. She was active in social work and campaigned for woman suffrage. A Republican, she was the first woman in the United…

Speaks Out on Child Labor and Woman Suffrage

by FlorenceKelley We have, in this country, two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread. They vary in age from six and seven years (in the cotton…

Aesop's Fables: The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar

by Aesop The Wolf, the Mother, and Her ChildThe Lioness and the VixenThe Old Woman and the Wine-Jar An old Woman picked up an empty Wine-jar which had once contained a rare and costly wine…